I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher.

Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

He'll get tired of chasing someone who doesn't chase back!

Ever since I was a kid, I've always been a real deep thinker and stuff.

There has always been a battle between good and evil.

Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart, I just don't think it'd understand.

Miley would never have been Hannah Montana.

I'm so miserable without you, it's almost as if you're here!

But dreams move on, if you wait too long.

Each person has their own calling on this Earth.

Only the truth shall free us.

Who were these people, all of them young couples, a few fabulous ones, tall thin-haired blondes with toned men in perfectly pressed jeans -- neither fearing the loss of the other.

There's an inherent thing in me where, if things are going too smooth, I'll sabotage the hell out of them just to make the music more of a sanctuary.

We can't afford the wrath of Heaven. We survived a deluge by the skin of our teeth, but an economic crisis would be disastrous.

Survival often feels like an indignity.

Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve yourself, and as you improve yourself, your improve your world.

There is no greater power than the power of love, which arises from Presence. It overcomes all resistance.

Architecture and architectural freedom are above all a social issue that must be seen from inside a political structure, not from outside it.

If I can go through what I've been through and do a television show with my son and then be a boy from the hood making records for the people I make records for, that's reality.

To fear is to expect punishment. To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.